BOX OFFICE: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Is Now The Top Domestic Film Of Summer 2014

With Guardians of the Galaxy set to return to the #1 spot this weekend as Sin City: A Dame to Kill For flops, the James Gunn helmed Marvel Studios movie will also become the highest grossing summer movie of 2014 beating Transformers: Age of Extinction!

Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is a flop and soppy teen flick If I Stay (starring Kick-Ass' Chloe Grace Moretz) is also underperforming. That leaves the door wide open for Guardians of the Galaxy to return to the top spot - where it will also beat Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - and break another record at the same time. After earning a total of $239 million by yesterday, the James Gunn helmed movie look set to pass $246 million today meaning that it will top Transformers: Age of Extinction's $243.3 million domestic haul. By the end of the weekend, the latest Marvel Studios movie should reach $252 million! Maleficent is now at third with $237 million and is followed by X-Men: Days of Future Past with $232.6 million and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' $203.2 million. Of course, Transformers: Age of Extinction remains the year's highest grossing movie worldwide with over $1.05 billion. Guardians of the Galaxy - which cost $170 million to produce - is still doing well with $430.7 million and has yet to open in China and Japan.

'Guardians of the Galaxy' is less than a week away from passing 'Captain America' to become the #1 movie of the year: http://t.co/8bRZPmX9xJ

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Maleficent just passed The X-Men at the world box office to make it the second highest grossing movie of the year behind only The Transformers. Maybe it's time to get Angelina in a new comic book movie.

Maleficent just passed The X-Men at the world box office to make it the second highest grossing movie of the year behind only The Transformers. Maybe it's time to get Angelina in a new comic book movie.

In retrospect, tho it's extremely bittersweet, I can see exactly why they didn't announce anything at Comic Con

The two biggest things on their table were promoting AoU, and softening the fans up to Peyton Reed and the Ant Man crew. Beyond that, top priority was making sure that GOTG had none of it's buzz stolen by any other movies. So instead of dropping the 16-17 slate (which they said they would do), they elected to announce nothing other than the sequel to GOTG. This instilled both a sign of trust in the film, as well as letting audiences know that it was the first part in a story that was far from over. It sucks, because I REALLY wanted some other announcements, but now that I've seen both GOTG, and the results of Marvel's strategy, I ain't even mad

Snooper - It's a good movie, but the quality of a movie doesn't determine whether or not it's a flop at the box office. Maybe under perform is a better word, but it's no where near a success at the box office.

As said in Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes by Iron Man: "They're like the space Avengers" audiences love these team based superhero films. It's almost crazy to imagine that it still hasn't released in some places yet...

Completely agreed with you man, last years MCU films compared to this years films is like a pebble compared to a boulder. The quality of the MCU films most certainly regained it's place in my heart this year.